Cross-Pollinations Workshop Presentations 2011

NiCHE has archived 17 audio presentations from this event

This collaborative and interdisciplinary workshop brought together Canadian experts (historians, writers, literary critics, curators, environmental consultants, and visual artists) in the production and interpretation of text and visual imagery to better understand how such media enable us to know and then act on behalf of places in more sustainable and ethical ways. The places in question are Western Canadian places, including desert, prairie, mountain, and coastal environments.

Citation: Nancy Holmes “Sustaining Collaboration: The Woodhaven Eco Art Project” Cross-Pollination: Seeding New Ground for Environmental Thought and Activism across the Arts and Humanities. 25 March 2011.

Bio: Holmes is an Associate Professor, Department of Creative Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan

Abstract: Holmes discusses the Woodhaven Eco Art Project, a community-based, multi-disciplinary collaboration of artists, students and fine arts faculty members. Over 50 people created work over an eight month period in 2010 in a nature preserve in the Central Okanagannin British Columbia. A film, a catalogue and a website showcase the art that was produced. Holmes talks about the art and the issues that arose out of this collaboration, issues around artistic agency and the use of community-based and artist-based practice to develop a new level of attention, knowledge, and stewardship about the conservation of unique landscapes and ecosystems in an ecologically troubled and development-threatened region of Canada.

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